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50% of Americans - Creationalists?
...... the statistic given by a local univ. prof - in the local newspaper - Can this be true?
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Wouldn't surprise me.
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Never overestimate the public.
Also remember that 97.85% of all college professors who use stastics make them up as they go. Holds true for most true believers....
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Right around the same number that believe humans are causing/have the power to reverse global warming. Coincidence?
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There is also a similar split between those who voted for Bush and those who voted against him. Correlation ?
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So, can we safely say that those are the same 50% who beleive:
1- That the earth was created 7,000 years ago in 7 days 2- That burning fossil fuels is good for the environment 3- That global warming is part of a natural cycle and there is nothing to do about it, especially not stop wasting energy. 4- That Saddam and Osama Bin Laden were meeting on a regular basis on how to destroy the USA. 5- That all islamists in the world have the goal of invading the USA. 6- That all college professors are liberal liars, and education is useless anyways. All a good man needs is a pick-up truck, a bible and a rifle ![]() Aurel |
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6- That all college professors are liberal liars, and education is useless anyways. All a good man needs is a pick-up truck, a bible and an assault rifle
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Re: 50% of Americans - Creationalists?
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Said professor will need MORE FUNDING to investigate. .. . of course. ![]()
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Does it mean that the 50% that are not Creationalists are Atheists ?
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Doesn't quite add up does it? I think the percentage of US citizen who suscribe to religion(s) is over 90%, and that's leaving aside those who worship rocks and spaceships. SO the conclusion I draw from this thread thus far is that ~40% of church attendees in the US are college professors doing research to prove that all liberals are athiests.
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What about the Christians like me, who understand the first several books of the Bible to be highly allegorical and not to be interpreted literally? Which side am I on.
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I'd suspect that even among people who claim the title "Creationist," relatively few are as conservative as I am, holding to the literal text.
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Creationism is a rather silly thought - but consider this, it is very possible that the first self replicating molecule capable of a very simple form of evolution may have been assembled in a solid state environment - or in simple terms; life began in clay!
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There is a big difference between metal atoms assembling themselves in order to replicate, manipulate and metabolize. The science just doesn't work out. Organic assembly on the otherhand is very feasible. I taught a course in biogenisis years ago that, though complicated, spells it out rather nicely. Now, that being said, is there a God that created this? Well, it is a very Western way to think of God as a mechanic or technician of sorts, but if you condiser God in a bit of a different light, prehaps a much more abstract consideration based on the very spirit and soul, both creationism (the making of the human soul and not the human body) and evolution (bio-mechanics) can co-exist. They both have their places.
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Does creationism explain who, or what, created God ?
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About 90% of the world believes that God exists in one form or another. I think it's the minority 10% that have the burden of proving that he doesn't exist.
I stumbled upon an interesting quote on this topic: Quote:
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